The James Webb Space Telescope, a 30-year study of NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), recently shared the first color photos. The telescope, which was developed by spending 10 billion dollars, continues to photograph fascinating images of the universe. Finally, NASA, James Webb, shared the Jupiter photo.
NASA released some of the test images
The James Webb Space Telescope, which NASA launched into space on December 25, 2021, was on the agenda with the first color photographs. But James Webb took a lot of test footage before these images. Today, NASA released some of those images. The photos shared by the space agency were taken during the equipment testing phase.
The first photo shared was taken with the James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam (Near Infrared Camera) instrument. In this image, we see the familiar round lacquer spot brightly alongside the lines surrounding Jupiter. It is worth remembering that this speck is of such a size that it can swallow the entire Earth. On the left side of the photo is the Europa satellite.
In the other photo, we see two different images. In both images, it is possible to see the moons Thebe and Metis, as well as Jupiter and Europa. These two images have wavelengths of different lengths. The image on the left shows the short wavelength measurement. The image on the right shows the long wavelength wavelength.
In addition, the photo on the left was taken with a 2.12 micron filter, and the right side was taken with a 3.23 micron filter. At the same time, the space agency got the chance to observe several asteroids. Thus, he also said that the new telescope has the function of monitoring the movement of objects in space. In the motion picture below, James Webb follows asteroid 6481 Tenzing.
Stefanie Milam, assistant planetary science project scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, made a statement. “I couldn’t believe we saw everything so clearly and how bright they were. It’s really exciting to consider the ability and opportunity we have to observe such objects in our solar system.”
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